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JUNE

 

Do it for yourself

Too often, you may not be attentive enough to your own
consciousness.  You may not pay enough attention to what you
feel, think, and perceive.  So, not knowing your own
position, you allow others to project "foreign" thoughts,
feelings, and perceptions onto your consciousness.

This happens often and can cause great confusion and upset.
When you do this, you're letting other people run your life;
you're letting other people do it for you.

You might find it more comfortable to "do it for yourself."
If you allow other people to take your experiences away from
you, you do not gain the ability to handle your own
experiences, to become responsible to yourself and others,
and to gain the strength necessary to go on.

Then you find that you have to come back to that experience
sometime and do it again in some other situation so that you
can learn it.  It's easier to do it right now, in this
moment, because right now you can handle it.

- John-Roger
(From: Psychic Protection)

 


All that you want to be, you already are.

All you have to do is move your awareness there and
recognize the reality of your own Soul.

- John-Roger
(From: Sex, Spirit and You)


"I love you."

Silently saying "God bless you" can certainly change people,
but if you really want to watch them change in a hurry,
silently say, "I love you."  They become absolutely elated!
The negativity goes, and the positive energy sweeps in.

- John-Roger
(From: The Way Out Book)


THINGS TO BE GRATEFUL FOR
(c) Carmen Stine

1. Your health. Good health is first and foremost to anything else you may have or want to do.

2. Your family. A supportive and stable family life enables you to move forward in your life and towards your dream.

3. Your significant other. Having someone to love and share your wins and challenges is the icing on your life.

4. Waking up in the morning. Every day above ground is a good day! Embrace it and make every minute count with what matters.

5. Having choices. Knowing that you CAN if you want to is very empowering.
It's up to you to make it happen!

6. Knowing that the Universe is abundant. There is no need to fret about not having enough, or your competition. The Universe does have enough for all.

7. Freedom of speech. Being able to express your ideas, thoughts, and feelings is a true blessing. It enables us to be all we want to be by influencing others.

8. Freedom of religious worship. Whomever and whatever your God is, you are at choice for honoring that if you wish.

9. Freedom to BE. By taking a small step at a time, we can create a dream life for ourselves.

10. Being yourself. Marching to the beat of your own drummer is the force of our life. BE it, even when no one else agrees.


YOU CAN, WHEN YOU BELIEVE YOU CAN.
(c) Mentor Max

Don't be afraid of what life has to offer you.
If you believe that life is worth living,
your belief will help create the fact.

The barrier between you and success
is not something that exists in the real world.
It's simply composed of doubts about your ability.
Your only limits to your realization of tomorrow
will be your doubts of today.

Success is a state of mind.
If you want success, start thinking of yourself as a success.
What you believe yourself to be, you are.


WHOSE STANDARDS?
(c) Robert Taylor

By whose standards do we live our lives? Much depends on the circumstances in which we find ourselves.

One who is drowning has no use for water, whereas another dying of thirst in the desert would give everything and anything for a sip of water.

A wealthy individual has no need to find a few dollars with which to put food on the table, whereas a poor person has a great need for that few dollars.

That person with the great need for just a few dollars is normally willing to do just about anything to obtain that money. The wealthy person could pick and choose what it would take to earn a few dollars.

Society as a whole tends to try setting standards for all of us. This is self-defeating. Each of us as individuals have different standards by which we evaluate things and circumstances in our lives.

Living in a densely wooded area with deer, raccoons, squirrels, rattlesnakes, rabbits and other denizens of the area provides me a unique sanctuary. A city dweller who had never been exposed to anything other than city life would be terrified if they had to spend even one night in what is to me a sanctuary. By the same token, I would be extremely uncomfortable in a large city.

If we are ever to be comfortable with our lives, we must live by our own standards, and not those others try to establish for us. We must march to our own band and let nobody rain on our parade.


Understand

"When you renounce something, you're stuck to it forever. When you fight something, you're tied to it forever. As long as you fight it, you are giving it power. You give it as much power as you are using to fight it.
Don't renounce it, see through it. Understand its true value and you won't need to renounce it; it will just drop from your hands."

-- Anthony de Mello in Awareness:
The perils and opportunities of reality


Sound of God

Listen for the Sound of God in everything you encounter.

- John-Roger
[From: Divine Essence (Baraka), 2001 Benjamin Franklin Award Winner]


Progression

In a way, progression toward the positive is a
regression, because truly we are coming back,
returning and letting go of where we have been to
take on a greater reality.

- John Morton
(From: The Blessings Already Are)


Self-Worth

The love of another person can support you in
your search and discovery, but it is you who has
to experience your own self-worth.

- John-Roger
(From: Wealth & Higher Consciousness


Use

You may use other people to get the things you
want, and others may use you to get what they
want.  But on this level, everybody uses
everybody.  That's really okay.  It's part of the
game here. 

Abuse and misuse are not part of the game.  But
use -- sure.  You use people; people use you. 
It's an exchange. 

Nobody can exploit or abuse you unless you allow
it, promote it, or actively create it.  You can
do all three.  But without your permission on
some level, you cannot be abused.

- John-Roger
(From: The Way Out Book)


THE SEVEN-UPS OF LIFE

1. Wake Up - Decide to have a good day then seek out ways to make it so.

2. Dress Up - The best way to dress up is to put on a smile. A smile is an inexpensive way to improve your looks.

3. Shut Up - Say nice things and learn to listen.

4. Stand Up - For what you believe in. Stand for something or you will fall for anything.

5. Look Up - To the bigger picture. Get outside of your limited perception and consider other possibilities.

6. Reach Up - For something higher. Stretch your mind, stretch your abilities, stretch yourself.

7. Lift Up - Focus on the positive, on what's working and on what you want.


Beloved

If you look to find the Beloved in all those
around you, you will find the Beloved within
yourself.

- John-Roger
(From: The Way Out Book)


Give and you will receive

When you give from the consciousness of living
love and service, you will receive all that you
give -- and more -- in return.

- John-Roger
(From: Loving Each Day, Volume 1)


Acceptance and Patience

Even very negative conditions can be understood --
 though it may require much acceptance and
patience -- as aspects of God's grace, beauty,
and love.

- John Morton
(From: The Blessings Already Are)


Just Be

You don't have to pretend to be anything. 
 
You can just be ordinary. 

You can just breathe your air in and breathe your
air out.

- John-Roger
(From: The Tao of Spirit)


Living Love

Living love cannot hurt, harm, or hamper. 

Living love lifts.

- John-Roger
(From: Loving Each Day, Volume 1)


Control

If people can make you react, they can control
you.  It often seems that those people for whom
you feel the most love and concern are those
people that you allow to control you. 

You most often allow control from those you think
you love and trust.  No one else can control you
because you don't give them any position to
control.  You can only be controlled -- remember
this -- if you allow it.

- John-Roger
(From: Psychic Protection)


TIME GETS BETTER WITH AGE

I've learned that I like my teacher because she cries when we sings "Silent Night".

Age 5


I've learned that our dog doesn't want to eat my broccoli either.

Age 7


I've learned that when I wave to people in the country, they stop what they are doing and wave back.

Age 9


I've learned that just when I get my room the way I like it, Mom makes me clean it up again.

Age 12


I've learned that if you want to cheer yourself up, you should try cheering someone else up.

Age 14


I've learned that although it's hard to admit it, I'm secretly glad my parents are strict with me.

Age 15


I've learned that silent company is often more healing than words of advice.

Age 24


I've learned that brushing my child's hair is one of life's great
pleasures.

Age 26


I've learned that wherever I go, the world's worst drivers have followed me there.

Age 29



I've learned that if someone says something unkind about me, I must live so that no one will believe it.

Age 30


I've learned that there are people who love you dearly but just don't know how to show it.

Age 42


I've learned that you can make some one's day by simply sending them a little note.

Age 44


I've learned that the greater a person's sense of guilt, the greater his or her need to cast blame on others.

Age 46


I've learned that children and grandparents are natural allies.

Age 47


I've learned that no matter what happens, or how bad it seems today, life does go on, and it will be better tomorrow.

Age 48


I've learned that singing "Amazing Grace" can lift my spirits for hours.


Age 49


I've learned that motel mattresses are better on the side away from the phone.

Age 50


I've learned that you can tell a lot about a man by the way he handles these three things: a rainy day, lost luggage, and tangled Christmas tree lights.

Age 51


I've learned that keeping a vegetable garden is worth a medicine cabinet full of pills.

Age 52


I've learned that regardless of your relationship with your parents, you miss them terribly after they die.

Age 53


I've learned that making a living is not the same thing as making a life.

Age 58


I've learned that if you want to do something positive for your children, work to improve your marriage.

Age 61


I've learned that life sometimes gives you a second chance.

Age 62


I've learned that you shouldn't go through life with a catchers mitt on both hands. You need to be able to throw something back.

Age 64


I've learned that if you pursue happiness, it will elude you. But if you focus on your family, the needs of others, your work, meeting new people, and doing the very best you can, happiness will find you.

Age 65


I've learned that whenever I decide something with kindness, I usually make the right decision.

Age 66


I've learned that everyone can use a prayer.

Age 72


I've learned that even when I have pains, I don't have to be one.

Age 82


I've learned that every day you should reach out and touch someone.
People love that human touch-holding hands, a warm hug, or just a friendly pat on the back.

Age 90


I've learned that I still have a lot to learn.

Age 92


Empowerment

"Each of us has a spark of life inside us,
and our highest endeavor ought to be to
set off that spark in one another."
Kenny Ausubel

The more faithfully you listen to the voice within
you, the better you will hear what is sounding outside.
Dag Hammarskjold

Begin doing what you want to do now. We have
only this moment, sparkling like a star in our hand --
and melting like a snowflake.
- Marie Beyon Ray

My dad always used to say, "If you're falling
off a cliff, you may as well try to fly.
You have nothing to lose."
-Captain John Sheridan, Babylon 5

Things turn out the best for the people who make
the best of the way things turn out.
- John Wooden

You cannot be lonely if you like the person you're alone with.
- Wayne Dyer

When we blame, we give away our power.
- Greg Anderson

Maturity is the ability to express one's own
feelings and convictions balanced with
consideration for the thoughts and feelings of others.
- Hrand Saxenian

Each second we live is a new and unique moment
of the universe, a moment that never was before
and never will be again." Stay in the moment.
-Spanish cellist Pablo Casals

Twenty years from now you will be more
disappointed by the things that you didn't
do than by the ones you did do. So throw
off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe
harbor. Catch the trade winds in your
sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.
Mark Twain

Whatever you can do or dream you can,
begin it. Boldness has genius, power,
and magic in it. Begin it now.
Goethe


Friend

A Friend may well be reckoned the master-piece of nature.
              
Ralph Waldo Emerson


The Mystical Traveler teaches three important concepts. 

First, take care of yourself so you can help take
care of others. 

Second, don't hurt yourself and don't hurt
others.

Third, use everything for your upliftment,
learning, and growth. 

- John-Roger
(From: The Path to Mastership)


Whatever else, know that 'it' too will pass .....

Doing what you can to be calm radiates to others - and like a little ripple,
it can play a part in turning the tide of fear to calm/hope/trust/joy.

"The soul of the world is nourished by people's happiness." Paulo Coelho


Take in oxygen

Deep breathing: stopping yourself where you are and focusing on
the next breath to enter and leave your lungs brings you back to
THE PRESENT MOMENT which is the only moment there is.


Breaking the Fear/Worry Cycle

Constantly going over things that upset, scare or frighten us, or others, is not helpful. Being worried or frightened is living in the past or future;
you're so busy running the terrible stories in your head that the joys of the present moment are totally missed.

"He who fears what he may suffer," says an old proverb, "already suffers what he fears." And what he fears usually does not happen, making the suffering of worry entirely in vain.


Reward

For what you do in silence, God will reward you
openly.

No one may see it, but openly inside of you, you

will be rewarded with the strength and fullness
of what you've done.

- John-Roger
(From: Walking with the Lord)


Just Look

When one door of happiness closes, another
opens; but often we look so long at the closed
door that we do not see the one,
which has opened for us.

- Helen Keller

 

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